DVD Review: Last Of The Mohicans: Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Hobart Bosworth, Frank Coghlan Jr., Ford Beebe: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: Last Of The Mohicans: Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Hobart Bosworth, Frank Coghlan Jr., Ford Beebe: Movies & TV

Posted by admin | on 4 August, 07:46 AM

Product Description
All the excitement and memorable characters of James Fenimore Coopers’ classic novel come to life in this gripping adventure. Hawkeye, a brave trapper-scout, and his blood-brother, Uncas, must battle savage Indians at every turn in this rip-roaring saga of life on the early American frontier. Product Specs: 2-DVD9s; Dolby Digital; 224 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1932; SRP - $19.99.

“Last of the Mohicans (1932) … Harry Carey … VCI Ent. (2009)”,

By J. Lovins “Mr. Jim” (Missouri-USA) -
(TOP 50 REVIEWER)

VCI Entertainment presents “LAST OF THE MOHICANS” — (17 May 1932) (224 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) — Mascot Pictures present James Fenimore Cooper’s immortal classic with 12 Chapters of vintage serial episodes jam packed with thrilling action sequences and stunts that will keep you on the edge of your seat — our story opens with Hawkeye (Harry Carey) known to everyone in the American wilderness as the of the Mohicans and all white settlers there abouts — can Hawkeye, Chingachgook (Hobart Bosworth) and Uncas (Frank Coghlan Jr) win the battle against the evil and vicious Magua (Bob Kortman) and his band of renegade Indians — will the protection of Hawkeye be enough from the traps that are set by the French and their allies the Huron warriors — this Mascot Serial is one of the best with nonstop action in every episode bar none, completely goes over the top and then some — but don’t leave the theater until the final chapter is over and done with “End of the Trail” — return next week to this local theater for another episode of action and adventure that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter.

Special footnote — Harry Carey and Edwina Booth played opposite in the epic “Trader Horn” (1930) and another Masco Serial “The Vanishing Legion” (1931) — also actor Nelson McDowell once again was cast as the music teacher David Gamut a role he played in the silent version of 1920 “The Last of the Mohicans” with director Maurice Tourneur — many veteran character actors from the Mascot lot appear in this 1932 serial Bob Kortman, Walter Miller, Edward Hearn and Yakima Canutt (King of the Stuntmen) — meanwhile back to our Mascot Serial which is always good till the last drop and this serial is no exception — there is a great deal of entertainment here for the cliffhanger fans out there — all courtesy of VCI Entertainment, who in my humble opinion is the best there is in restoring early serials and features.

Under the production staff of:
Ford Beebe - Director
B. Reeves Eason - Director
James Fenimore Cooper (novel “The Last of the Mohicans”)
Colbert Clark - Screenwriter
Jack Natteford - Screenwriter
Ford Beebe - Screenwriter
Wyndham Gittens - Screenwriter
Produced by
Nat Levine - Producer
Lee Zahler - Original Music
Ernest Miller - Cinematographer
Jack Young - Cinematographer
Ray Snyder - Film Editor

CHAPTER TITLES:
1. Wild Waters
2. Flaming Arrows
3. Rifle or Tomahawk
4. Riding with Death
5. Red Shadows
6. Lure of Gold
7. Crimson Trail
8. Tide of Battle
9. Redskin’s Honor
10.The Enemy’s Stronghold
11.Paleface Magic
12.End of the Trail

the cast includes:
Harry Carey … Hawkeye
Hobart Bosworth … Chingachgook, ‘the Sagamore’
Frank Coghlan Jr. … Uncas (as Junior Coghlan)
Edwina Booth … Cora Munro
Lucile Browne … Alice Munro
Walter Miller … Maj. Duncan Heyward
Bob Kortman … Magua
Walter McGrail … Dulac (the French spy)
Nelson McDowell … David Gamut
Edward Hearn … Col. Munro
Mischa Auer … Gen. Montcalm
Yakima Canutt … Black Fox / messenger [Ch.1] / bullion wagon driver [Ch.6]

BIOS:
1. Harry Carey
Birth Date: 1/16/1878 - Bronx, New York
Died: 9/21/1947 - Brentwood, CA

2. Edwina Booth
Birth Date: 9/13/1904 - Provo, Utah
Died: 5/18/1991 - Los Angeles, CA

3. Hobart Bosworth
Birth Date: 8/11/1867 - Marietta, Ohio
Died: 12/30/1943 - Glendale, CA

4. Ford Beebe (Director)
Birth Date: 11/26/1888 - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died: 11/26/1978 - Lake Elsinore, California

5. B. Reeves Eason (Director)
Birth Date: 10/02/1886 - New York, New York
Died: 6/09/1956 - Sherman Oaks, CA

Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guidelines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of “Trail Talk”), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc), Bob Nareau (author of “The Real Bob Steele”) and Buck Rainey (author of :The Life and Films of Buck Jones) as they have rekindled my interest once again for Film Noir, B-Westerns and Serials — looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the ’30s & ’40s and B-Westerns — order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on DVD — stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with exciting adventure — if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Amazon or VCI where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns — all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 224 mins on DVD ~ VCI Entertainment ~ (08/04/2009)
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